Asiatic Vespers

== English == === Alternative forms === Asian Vespers Ephesian Vespers Vespers of 88 BC === Etymology === Alternative version of a calque of French Vèpres éphésiennes (“Ephesian Vespers”), coined 1890 by historian Théodore Reinach by analogy with Sicilian Vespers. Ephesus was one of the towns where the massacre occurred. === Proper noun === Asiatic Vespers (historical) An incident in 88 BCE, in which a coordinated massacre of Roman citizens in various towns in Anatolia was undertaken at the behest of King Mithridates VI of Pontus, which served as casus belli for Rome to instigate the First Mithridatic War. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === First Mithridatic War on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Mithridatic Wars on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Mithridates VI of Pontus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia